Best Steakhouse in Bay Area?
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Best Steakhouse in Bay Area?
I've went to Alexander's Steakhouse in Cupertino a few months back. Had the Japanese Kobe Filet Mignon and it was probably the best filet I've eaten in my life.
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Anybody try Forbes?
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Any others that are better?
yelp reviews
Anybody try Forbes?
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Any others that are better?
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I've went to Alexander's Steakhouse in Cupertino a few months back. Had the Japanese Kobe Filet Mignon and it was probably the best filet I've eaten in my life.
yelp reviews
Anybody try Forbes?
link
Any others that are better?
yelp reviews
Anybody try Forbes?
link
Any others that are better?
do you mean that 250 bucks steak? your nuts hahaha
alexander is good stuff.haha
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I've always like Morton's and Ruth's Chris's in the City...House of PrimeRib is always good, not great. Forget about Broadway Prime, waste of money unless you live next door to it and you hate driving far. Forbes Mill in Danville is also good...best in the Area imo.
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I've been to Morton's, Ruth's Chris, Broadway Prime, House of Prime Rib and also had real Kobe beef in Tokyo. Maybe it's me and I eat steak too much but I think the best steak I've had is the one I've made myself at home. Just find a nice porterhouse or your favorite cut of beef, add some montreal seasoning and grill on both sides for 4 minutes and you'll have a nice serving of warm bloody bovine. No long lines, risk of bad service, parking and much less of a dent in your wallet and huge time savings.
I am still skeptical about the restaurants who claim that they have Japanese Kobe beef. Usually it's Japanese "style" Kobe beef where they bought some of the cows from Japan and bred them here to make what they call "Kobe" beef. Even though it may genetically be the same, these cows probably don't drink Japanese beer, get massages and listen to the same classical music their relatives in Japan listen to. If I'm not mistaken, Kobe is just the "Plain Jane" of good beef in Japan. There's two others that apparently put it to shame but I can't remember them off the top of my head. Anyhow, if you can afford it, why not?
My other comment is about Yelp. I always take the user's reviews with a grain of sand since most of the people on there are tools. One girl on there claimed that Alexander's Kobe burger is to die for or something like that. Any true food expert would agree that a Kobe burger is a plain ripoff and doesn't possess the same qualities that Kobe beef is prized for (marbled fat) since grinding it releases the fat when it is cooked. Then there's the other guy that says that the Kobe beef he had at Alexander's is better than any Kobe beef in Japan... I highly doubt that.
Now only if they had blowfish (aka Puffer Fish) in the US...
I am still skeptical about the restaurants who claim that they have Japanese Kobe beef. Usually it's Japanese "style" Kobe beef where they bought some of the cows from Japan and bred them here to make what they call "Kobe" beef. Even though it may genetically be the same, these cows probably don't drink Japanese beer, get massages and listen to the same classical music their relatives in Japan listen to. If I'm not mistaken, Kobe is just the "Plain Jane" of good beef in Japan. There's two others that apparently put it to shame but I can't remember them off the top of my head. Anyhow, if you can afford it, why not?
My other comment is about Yelp. I always take the user's reviews with a grain of sand since most of the people on there are tools. One girl on there claimed that Alexander's Kobe burger is to die for or something like that. Any true food expert would agree that a Kobe burger is a plain ripoff and doesn't possess the same qualities that Kobe beef is prized for (marbled fat) since grinding it releases the fat when it is cooked. Then there's the other guy that says that the Kobe beef he had at Alexander's is better than any Kobe beef in Japan... I highly doubt that.
Now only if they had blowfish (aka Puffer Fish) in the US...
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